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Completed in 1913 and capable of producing 4,000 kilowatts, Loud Hydro was named for lumber baron Edward Loud, who had bought up most of the cut over Au Sable lands between 1900-06. Loud later teamed up with Consumers Energy founder William A. Foote and others to build the Au Sable hydros.
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